Shop: Travel & Photography Gear

I’m very picky about what I buy because I’m a bit cheap selective and like to buy high-quality products that I can keep forever. I will literally read every review on Amazon until I’m 100% sure what I’m buying is going to work.

Here are the things that I absolutely have to have on my travels.

Photography

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 II Camera Lens: This lens is the most recent addition to my arsenal and I love the way it subtly blurs the background- it’s particularly good for food photography, portraits and details. Just don’t try to use it on a landscape!

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5: If you want to get serious about photo-editing, download Lightroom. While I used to use Picasa, Lightroom is an infinitely more versatile program and normally costs about $100!

Gear

Osprey Rolling Backpack: While I used to use a traditional backpacking backpack, I’ve since upgraded to an Osprey rolling backpack, a similar model to this. No more back aches for me and it’s held up beautifully!

Gadgets

Kindle Keyboard 3G, Free 3G +Wi-Fi, 6” E Ink Display I used to waste about a third of my suitcase on books and now I can carry 3,500 books in this device. Best of all, no more searching for English-language bookstores and paying $20 for a $6 paperback! Also the battery literally does last for about a month.

Another perk – you can use wifi on it for free, unlike the iPad. The internet is rudimentary but it works, which has saved me many times when I’m stuck in an airport and need my flight number.